Yes Radhaji, the fruits are fragrant and little sticky. I referred the Flora of South Indian Hills by PF Fyson and the description matches with *L.stocksii; *half-inch ovoid berry with glabrous leaves of 8 inches is the key character. Thanks for the lead.
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM, radha veach <[email protected]> wrote: > It may be Litsea stocksii. > I am sending pics of the leaves. According to Cooke's Flora the leaf > margins are slightly revolute and the undersides of the leaves are very > distinctive. They are fragrant and a bit sticky when crushed. I don't have > images of the flowers or fruit. > > Regards, > > Radha > > > On 6 September 2012 17:29, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> >> >> Seems to be *Litsea sp.* >> >> santhosh >> >> Yes Santhoshji, I also thought that this should be a Lauraceae.The fruit >> is slightly fragrant.- Muthu ji. >> >> I too agree with Santosh Sir following the leaf arrangement and fruit >> character. This might be *Litsea sp.* >> >> Regards >> >> Prasad >> >> *Could this be Litsea stocksii* (Meisner) Hook.f. >> refer: http://www.biotik.org/india/species/l/litsstoc/litsstoc_en.html from >> Muthu ji. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> >> Date: 26 July 2012 16:27 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:122786] Tree for identification 260712MK02 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear all, >> Please help me to identify this tree species found near a coffee estate >> in Vaalparai area of Western ghats. The fruits are 1.5cm long and smells >> little fragrant. Leaves almost 15cm in length. >> >> Place: Valparai, TN >> Alt.: 950 m asl >> Date: 13 July 2012 >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & >> 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > -- > > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org --
